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Originally Posted by LLN
Seeing references to Great Schools, I checked out my school. We were 4 but downgraded by a parent with a beef about one teacher. The ratings seem to be from years ago.
In other words, the site is pretty worthless.
Go to the NC Department of education site. You can look how schools performed from several perspectives. You can see how many middle schoolers passes algebra...a significant indicator. For high school you can see how many either took or passed ap courses. I am sure elementary schools have meaningful data amongst the raw test scores. Good luck.
Lln
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There are 2 separate ratings on greatschools. The parent/student reviews, which must be taken with a grain of salt, and the greatschools rating based on test scores and other worthwhile indicators. Those are the ones that should be taken into account.
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